Yeh the whole super spreader thing is weird - we had all sorts of anti-lockdown and BLM protests and riots a while back and they never really amounted to any sharp rise in cases, but then on the flip side, you cant trust the media to post factual stuff, so imo, you never know what to believe, which is why I dont really bother reading shit anymore and have unfollowed, blocked or muted any mention of it as so much is just false or provocative, dont need that shit in my life, this thread is my fix for this stuff and about as far as ill go to actually read up on any of this stuff, whether truth, lies or pure conspiracy

The United States saw the same thing. BLM burning down cities without issue, actually encouraged by one side of the political isle. At the same time they condemned gatherings for the most popular president in United States history. The hypocrisy is everywhere.

Topic moved on to protests and things looks like. 2 main discussions going on, covid and Trump stuff appears. To a degree they are related but the arguments are different. Let me start with the protest stuff.

So Subrbn, cities have been burnt down? What cities? If I try and travel to a city like Portland or Seatle I'm going to find smoking wreckage where the city used to be? "BLM burnt down the cities" has been a hilariously false talking point fox news been pushing since Floyd went down. Talk with anyone who lives in those areas and they will tell you the protests involved a couple of blocks and there was no mass danger in the city, particularly during the day.

99% of BLM protests have been peaceful. Any mass group gatherings will have some bad behavior if you film long enough. Play those on loop and you can drum up opposition to the protesters and their cause. Trite likes to play ask yourself. Ask yourself why you care some protests got out of hand in Portland or Seattle. Are you concerned protests will get out of hand where you live? The ones in Knoville were peaceful af, lot of good dialogue with the police about their concerns.

Country has a long history of protests to push for social change. You can argue a lot of good came out of them, women and other minorities got the right to vote, segregation ended, prohibition, ended, etc. Virtually every one of those movements was painted as a riot by it's opposition. BLM seems to me a noble enough goal, reform policing to end bullshit like what happened to Floyd. When Martin and Malcom were alive at time there were race riots that make the worst of blm look like nothing, but depending upon your view there was a movement toward a noble cause. These were pushed by Nixon as the end of civilization and Nixon ran as the "law and order" president who would rain these riots in. Trump worked toward the exact same strategy in 2020.

January 6th followed a bit of a different pattern. What was the purpose of this protest? To interrupt the certification of election results? To "Hang Mike Pence" as they were chanting? To install Trump as dictator? To those who know more about dictatorships than me this was a textbook coup. Step 1 - deal with the military. Trump replaced top Pentagon officials prior to the day of and coordinated a slowdown of response. Step 2 - orchestrate an attack. If possible kill people in the line of succession for ruler during this attack. Step 3 - become leader longer than normal due to the emergency "for the good of the country". Step 4 - never let this temporary rule expire.